In thirty years of Yongzai, the royal family of Dingzhou declined. The eight-year-old prince ascended to the throne. The imperial power existed in name only. The vassal states gradually became more powerful and declared their independence one after another. They no longer obeyed or paid tribute to the royal family. For a time, the entire Dingzhou Ten Dynasty The five countries fell into chaos of fights, mergers, and power seizures.
Among them, Lingzi was the most powerful. In the 31st year of Yongzai, his king Shang Zhanlu sent his troops to the south. In one year, he annexed the neighboring country Dongpei and captured more than a hundred of his royal family members. He was escorted to Yizhao City, the capital of Lingzi Kingdom.
Once the country was overthrown, all the high houses, palaces, jade, wine, gold and food of the past were reduced to nothing. Life and death depended on human beings, and honor and disgrace depended on heaven.
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The captives in Dongpei were escorted in two batches, with the royal family in the front and the clan members in the back. However, the difference was just a few in one cage or one in a cage.
At dusk, the royal family's captive team walked out of the border town of Dongpei and was about to enter the border of Lingzi.
Perhaps they finally arrived at their homeland, and the escorting soldiers relaxed. They watched with interest as the prisoners in the cage cried together, and each one looked at the distant homeland with despair.
At that time, the sky was glowing with thousands of rays of light, and the golden light shone brightly on the distant city tower. As the wheel rolled forward, only a dot of shining golden light slowly remained, and finally disappeared.
There's no going back.
Everyone's heart sank little by little as the sun set in the west, until darkness enveloped the earth.
As the last trace of daylight disappeared, the air became dull and the team moved slower and slower. The soldiers were preparing to find a place to camp for the night when the sky suddenly changed.
Before anyone could react, huge raindrops began to fall, and the heavy rain drenched everyone in an instant.
Suddenly, the wind roared, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the horses began to be frightened and hoofed. The road soon became muddy, making it difficult to march. The general leading the team immediately ordered the entire team to stop moving forward and camp on the spot for the night.
The soldiers took the order, and immediately set up tents one by one in the heavy rain, lit the fire, cooked soup and food, and warmed up the cold.
However, it was impossible for the prisoners in the team to receive this treatment, but the general was afraid that the few people the king wanted would die, so he casually ordered a few soldiers to go to the carriage cage and find a few pieces of wood to cover the goods. Tarpaulins shielded them from the rain.
Soon, the impatient insults of the soldiers were accompanied by the roar of thunder, and they were whipped mercilessly on the bodies of these subjugated people.
"..."
"It's so unlucky that we have to do this work after it's raining so heavily!"
"That's right, it's so easy to get soaked to death!"
"How can these people compare with us?"
"Bah, you're plundering the people's wealth. No wonder the country is destroyed. It deserves it!"
"..."
Jiang Yixue's feet were shackled to the wooden cage. She numbly listened to the words pierced through the rain, walked around other people's carriages, and moved closer to him little by little.
When she noticed the soldiers approaching her cage, Jiang Yixue immediately hugged her legs and buried her face in her knees, motionless.
The huge oilcloth was pulled up from the corner of the car cage, and the eyes suddenly became dark. The sound of rain falling on it became extremely dull.
However, the soldier on the left looked at him carefully for a few times, then suddenly spoke and whispered to the person on the right: "Hey, this is that Wang Qing."
The words reached Jiang Yixue's ears, and he shrank and hugged himself tighter.
The person on the right was still pulling the oilcloth. He didn't hear something clearly and asked, "What?"
The one on the left continued: "It's the one that boy Chen Siyu said looks like a god, and the king specified that he wanted it."
Hearing this, the person on the right also reacted. The hand holding the oilcloth gradually lost its strength, stretched his head, and looked at the person in the cage carefully.
"What can you tell from this?" He came closer and said impatiently to the delicate figure in the cage: "Hey, look up and let me see."
Jiang Yixue's heartstrings were tense, and the finger bones holding her legs turned white, but she remained motionless.
Seeing this, the man on the left cursed impatiently, glanced at him with dirty eyes, and said, "How long have you been holding Wang Qing's ceremonial stand?" After saying that, he walked through the gap in the wooden cage. He reached out, grabbed his slender wrist and pulled hard towards the edge of the cage.
The cage was too small, and he had nowhere to hide, but he still kept his head lowered during the struggle, not revealing a single bit of his face.
The two soldiers were quickly aroused to anger, and a hand came out from nowhere and grabbed his hair, pulling him back almost violently.
Jiang Yixue suddenly let out a cry of pain and was forced to raise her head.
There was a roar, thunder and lightning resounded, and the whole sky and earth flashed as bright as day, illuminating the face of the person in the cage at once——
It was a face that was...hard to describe.
Wearing a dirty and tattered coarse cloth prison uniform, his hair was wet and sticking to his face and shoulders, but even so, his color was not damaged at all. Instead, a trace of broken beauty was revealed under the torrential rain, which was washed away by the heavy rain. The dust on his face reveals cold white jade skin, cyan eyes full of bloodshot eyes, but the pupils are still beautiful blue, high nose bridge, bright red lips, slender neck...everywhere is beautiful It's like a masterpiece, it's hard to describe.
He was injured at some point on his forehead, and there was a small wound. The blood was washed away by the rain and slowly flowed down the side of his face, falling on the long eyelashes. However, the blood from the chin to the neck His skin was still snow-white, crystal clear, with a jade-like luster in the dark night, and the light blue blood vessels underneath could be vaguely seen. And at the moment of lightning and thunder, his whole body was like a ball of beautiful color flowing around. The stream of light, with its soul-stirring enchantment, makes those who see it feel like they have fallen into a dark, deep, and sweet dream.
Sensing that the force restraining her had relaxed, Jiang Yixue immediately broke free, managed to hide in the center of the car cage, and buried her face in her knees again.
After the streamer left their hands, the two finally came to their senses and stared at him infatuatedly, with strong greed in their eyes.
After looking at each other, the soldier on the left took the lead and said: "Why don't we use him first..."
Jiang Yixue's body was stiff and numb, and her fingertips were trembling uncontrollably.
But the person on the right still had sense and said hesitantly: "This is the person the king wants."
"Tsk," the person on the left said impatiently, his eyes seemed to be glued to Jiang Yixue, his mind was occupied by the stunning face of the beautiful face just now, and said: "If you don't tell me, who knows? ?! He looks like this. He must have been used by someone several times along the way. It’s raining heavily today. God help us—" He looked at the soldier on the opposite side, stared at him, and asked: "You In no mood?"
The person on the right gritted his teeth and remained silent, but the hesitation in his eyes was shaky.
The person on the left saw what he was thinking, sneered, stretched out his hand to pull up the oilcloth, and said: "Cover them all, no one can see us."
The two of them looked at each other for a while, and then they both showed a tacit smile, and together they grabbed the two corners of the oilcloth and pulled it back.
Wow——
The moment the oilcloth was pulled up, the sound of rain was completely muffled. Jiang Yixue stretched out her hand to grab the wooden cage like a frightened bird, feeling an almost desperate horror in her heart.
There were no fingers visible inside the oilcloth, sporadic insults and threats were scattered around, and a few hands were groping randomly. They quickly grabbed his wrist along the wooden cage and used force to break it.
This wooden cage was made temporarily and was extremely rough. It was built with only a few wooden stakes. The gaps between the wooden stakes were not too big or too small, but they could definitely pull Jiang Yixue out.
Jiang Yixue almost exhausted all her strength, one hand pressed against the wooden stake, and the other hand grasped the medium-long chain on his left ankle - the chain that had locked him all the way, now became his only life-saving straw.
The porcelain white and soft hands were soon dripping with blood, and the strength slowly drained from the body. Until the moment when the hands were opened, the ankle that was not locked was also caught. Drag him out mercilessly——
don't want! don't want! no no no!
why why why! no no no!
No! Help, help, help! don't want! no no no! don't want--
A wave of despair suddenly swallowed him up. However, just when he was terrified, a stern voice suddenly approached from far away, penetrated the dull sound of rain, and exploded in the ears of several people like thunder.
"——The oilcloth hasn't been covered yet?!"
When they first heard the human voice, the two soldiers were startled, and immediately let go of Jiang Yixue, and hurriedly got out of the oilcloth, looking at the dark figure not far away.
They felt guilty and took a random look. They didn't dare to look up again before they recognized the officer.
However, the man seemed to see what they wanted to do, and said sternly: "What do you two want to do?! Are you brave? This is the person the king wants! Come back and receive your punishment!"
"Yes! Yes!" The two of them were frightened and nodded in fear. They rushed into the rainstorm and ran towards the camp as if they were running away, without daring to look back.
Hearing the commotion outside, Jiang Yixue knew that she had escaped tonight. The hand that was holding on to the chain gradually gave out her strength. The soreness of the rest of her life after the disaster suddenly came to her, and she fell weakly in the car cage, her eyes filled with tears. The fear was replaced by a numbness of despair.
How many times has this happened...how many times can I escape...
However, just a few breaths later, there was movement outside the oilcloth again.
Could it be that chief...
Without any time to think about it, Jiang Yixue immediately gritted her teeth and propped herself up, clenched the chain tightly again, and huddled in the corner, with a dry and astringent feeling in her throat.
Sure enough, the oilcloth was lifted quickly. Jiang Yixue was filled with fear and clenched her bloody hands tightly, trying to distinguish the person's movements.
Unexpectedly, the next breath, he heard a voice that could not possibly appear here.
"Axue, is that you?"
He felt like he was struck by lightning and suspected that he was dreaming, but soon he heard the voice ask again: "Jiang Yixue, is it you?"
Jiang Yixue's breathing suddenly became rapid, and her whole body trembled. The tears that had not been shed along the way suddenly surged, and she quickly responded: "It's me, it's me." He didn't speak for a long time, his voice was hoarse and he could only call her name quickly. : "Yin Shang...Yin Shang!"
He almost felt like he was going to collapse. He crawled forward, passed through the gap in the cage and grabbed a pair of familiar hands.
He clenched his hands tightly, his mind was in a mess, and he could only cry and call her name: "Yin Shang... wu wu wu..."
After confirming that it was him, Yin Shang immediately shook his hand and said comfortingly: "Be good, be good, you can leave soon."
He suppressed the trembling all over his body, heard her drawing the blade in the darkness, and asked calmly: "Where are you locked?"
Jiang Yixue stretched out a hand, twisted around and grabbed the chain, and told her in a trembling voice: "The left foot is, here."
Yin Shang let him go, listened to the sound, quickly went around, and accurately grabbed his locked ankle.
She fumbled carefully for a few times, and after confirming, she said: "Don't move, trust me."
"Yeah, yeah." He cried and responded, trying hard not to move.
Seeing that he was ready, Yin Shang took action without hesitation, and soon the sound of jingle clashing could be heard sporadically in the darkness. Not long after, he felt his feet loosen, and Yin Shang said: "Okay, come out quickly. "
Hearing this, he immediately crawled towards her, groping through the gaps in the wooden cage.
The surroundings were too dark, and he felt as if he had escaped or was thrown into a cage. With nothing at his feet, he could only shout in fear: "Yin Shang, where are you..."
Fortunately, she responded quickly, grabbed his hand accurately, hugged him into her arms, kissed his face quickly and hard to comfort him, and said, "I'm here, don't be afraid. Don’t be afraid, we’ll leave right away.”
Once in her arms, Jiang Yixue felt that she was not afraid of anything anymore. She stopped crying, hugged her neck tightly and responded, leaning into her arms with all her heart.
Yin Shang first carefully opened a corner of the oilcloth and looked at the surrounding situation - a heavy rain broke out today, the soldiers were taking care of themselves, and no one had paid attention to the bunch of prisoners yet.
After confirming, she immediately lifted the oilcloth and ran in one direction. In the forest shadow not far away, there was a man and two horses standing. When she saw Yin Shang coming with Jiang Yixue in his arms, she immediately handed the reins of one horse to them. She said: "Quick!"
Yin Shang took it, quickly hugged him and jumped on the horse. The two of them carefully followed the forest shadow for a while. After making sure they were far enough away from the camp, they immediately started galloping in the heavy rain.
Jiang Yixue was held in her arms. When he raised his head, he could see her looking straight ahead, her lips pursed tightly. The heavy rain beat hard on her face, but it did not make her retreat at all.
Yin Shang...
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They galloped all night, without stopping, along the mountains, forests and wilderness.
Jiang Yixue started to have a fever on the night of the second day. He was feeling confused all the way, but Yin Shang did not dare to stop. It was not until he entered Chuanlan City in Huiqi on the evening of the third day that he relaxed and found an inn for him. Find a doctor.
Fortunately, his fever was not serious, but he had excessive heart palpitations and mood swings. The doctor told him to take a good rest and prescribed some more medicine.
After the doctor left, Yin Shang opened the curtain, looked at Jiang Yixue on the bed, and reached out to touch his pale face.
The next moment, she heard him murmuring in nightmares and calling her name anxiously: "Yin Shang... Yin Shang..."
She held his hand tightly and responded warmly: "I'm here, I'm here."
However, he still shook his head rapidly, his long eyelashes slowly getting wet, and he kept calling her name.
She had no choice but to lean over and gently shake his shoulders, trying to wake him up: "Axue, Jiang Yixue?"
…
Jiang Yixue was trapped in the nightmare of that rainy night and couldn't extricate herself.
He dreamed that Yin Shang did not come to save him at all, and in the end he was unable to stop the two soldiers. After being tortured by them in a dark corner, he was thrown into the cage of a carriage naked like a rag. middle.
no no!
No no no no no no!
not like this! not like this!
Yin came up to save me...she came...I clearly heard it...I heard her calling me.
Yin Shang... where are you?
Yin on Yin on Yin on Yin on Yin on Yin on...
Where are you where are you where are you where are you where are you where are you where are you?
Save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me!
help me--
Ashue...
Yin Shang, Yin Shang!
He suddenly woke up from the nightmare, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the person he had tried so hard to see in his dream looking at him with concern.
After a stunned breath, all three souls and seven souls returned to their places in an instant. Jiang Yixue stood up and threw herself into Yin Shang's arms, breaking down and crying.
Yin Shang sensed his painful emotions, reached out and hugged him tightly, saying warmly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you are already in Qi Hui."
"Woooooooooo..." Jiang Yixue whimpered and said intermittently: "You just came...you just came!"
He was so wronged that he died, and he was also in pain. The palpitations of the rest of his life and the ecstasy of seeing Yin Shang again came to him, almost tearing him apart.
Yin Shang patted his back and lowered his head to kiss his hair. Jiang Yixue almost buried himself in her body, crying and gasping: "I'm so scared... Wuwuwu... I dreamed that you didn't come. Save me, I’m being beaten by them—”
He couldn't speak anymore and cried with horror on his face.
Yin Shang hurriedly raised his face and said, "It's okay, be good, be good." She kissed the bandaged wound on his forehead, kissed the tip of his straight nose, and kissed her softly all the way down until she landed on his pale forehead. On his lips, he said warmly: "You are back and you are already by my side."
After hearing these words, Jiang Yixue finally calmed down a little, gradually stopped crying, raised his head slightly, and kissed her while crying.
...Finally, finally, back to her.
